On 12 August 2015 Zaķis moved to Slovenian team Union Olimpija for the 2015–16 season.
[5] In summer 2021 he joined Latvian-Estonian Basketball League debutants KK Viimsi and helped them to reach the Final Four.
On 13 July 2022, he signed a one-year contract with Dutch club Donar of the BNXT League.
[6] Zaķis was leading scorer of entire 2007 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship with 24.7 ppg.
[7] His first appearance for Latvian national team came in 2008, he played in 10 games over his career.